An interesting read! So they were paid $700 per week each ($1400 per couple) to be on the show.

Also something I just thought of- if D&D and Michael and Carlene didn't win money off their reserve, the properties wouldn't have even sold and would have been passed on, potentially making them a little more after further negotiations!!

Also something I just thought of- if D&D and Michael and Carlene didn't win money off their reserve, the properties wouldn't have even sold and would have been passed on, potentially making them a little more after further negotiations!!

I had the same thought last night. And Max and Karsten would have only made $10k. On news.com.au (not sure if it's the article you linked) it said that some of the contestants are planning to sue channel 9. Unless they were promised profits of certain amounts, surely they don't have a leg to stand on? Property is an unpredictable market and its a competition. People are suggesting the that the boys should split their prize money with the bottom 3, but I don't think they should. They slogged their guts out just as much as the other 4 teams and it just so happened that they were the winners on the day. From what I've read online, the boys apartment was finished the best. It's the small things that count sometimes and when you're paying upwards of $1.5million, you can afford to be picky about the small things. I was surprised that D&Ds apartment sold for so little in comparison, but then again theirs was the smallest apartment - as Dee kept telling us all season. Maybe they just didn't have as much to give space wise to draw people in, despite how well designed/styled it was.

An interesting read! So they were paid $700 per week each ($1400 per couple) to be on the show.

Also something I just thought of- if D&D and Michael and Carlene didn't win money off their reserve, the properties wouldn't have even sold and would have been passed on, potentially making them a little more after further negotiations!!

Most people on reality shows are paid wages. When you choose to go on shows like this, you need to be prepared to finish with nothing more than what was stated in your contract upon signing. If you win or your place sells for a great amount, that's a bonus.

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I've read in a few places that people think (or wish) the boys should split their winnings. Do people honestly think that if the situation was reversed and Darren and Dee had won that they would share? I believe there is no chance of that happening. They would have gone on about how its a competition and there can only be one winner and everyone knew their chances before they started. While I feel disappointed for Michael and Carlene, I actually dont feel that disappointment for Darren and Dee. I didnt like them. They dont resonate with me at all, so therefore I have no sympathy for them (by the way I am aware its a TV show and heavily edited. I only have what I see to go on).

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I think Scotty nailed it when he reminded the contestants that although it was really disappointing, the point of 'The Block' is to compete for a $100,000.00 prize. The added bonus is that sometimes your apartment still sells for heaps and you get more money.

I think that because of the previous two seasons that expectations were high and everyone had forgotten the name of the game.

No one is crying for the runner up of 'Survivor' who spent weeks and weeks on an island with no food and left their family and didn't come home with the million.

Nothing is guaranteed. Channel 9 is not responsible. To hear that they'd sue because they feel they didn't win enough money is entitled and disappointing... This is a reality tv show. It's made people really, really, rich and some people not. It's about competing for the prize money... 1 couple wins.

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I think what has annoyed me most this morning is that almost everything I've read about the block last night talks about how tough it's been for D&D to be away from their kids. Nothing about how Michael and Carlene were away from their kids too and ended up with the same amount of winnings. In fact one thing o read on the 9 jump in site was that despite the outcome, Michael and Carlene would do it all over again. Sure they are probably disappointed to "only" win $10k, but they recognise that it's a competition and the results unpredictable.

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